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problem with Wireless

i use Ubuntu 9.04 motherboard Asus P5K-E WIFI-AP Solo
Ethernet controller : Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit .
i want to use Wireless of motherboard for share network but i can't install driver from cd it's for windows how i can use Wireless ?
if it have driver for Ubuntu please guide to me .
i try to add Wireless from network connection but i can't to do it.
;)

You need to check as to what type of wireless card you have. You listed the ethernet controller, not the wireless LAN card. To do that in Ubuntu open up the console and issue the command:

sudo lshw -C network

It will return information about your card types. You should see one listed with Wireless LAN controller in the list. That will tell you the type and then you can check specifically for which driver you need.

Also, with Ubuntu if you go to "System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers" you can check for and install proprietary drivers...Ubuntu will handle all of that if it has the correct driver in the repository.

If you want to use your Windows driver you can. Check the Ndiswrapper doc/howto in the Ubuntu community pages:

and i try to Install the ndisgtk package but i don't know it correct or not . i can't use wireless like same time .
i back to find cd driver of motherboard i fine folder Linux driver
i saw folder WIFI and have 2 folders name
- debian31-8187(110) and linux 26x-8187(110)
at folder of debian31-8187(110) has 4 fils
module_DB31.tar.gz
Readme.txt
wpa1.conf
wpa_supplicant0.3.8.tar.gz
this is driver of wireless or not if it's driver how i can install it ?

-- you said you wanted to make it an 'access point' ?
you need to cd /usr/src/linux-2.x.x.x
ls -la | grep .config
if that's a good config
cp .config ../
make mrproper && make distclean
cp ../.config $PWD

I have an Asus Mobo M2N32 Deluxe (wireless edition). When I purchased it I thought I could get the wifi working with Linux. It works like an access point, which I thought would be an interesting edition to my home network. I tried the 8187 driver (sorry, don't remember which one, but was never able to get it working properly. The disk that comes with the motherboard contains drivers, which I tried with ndiswrapper. I tried many 8187 drivers when using Debian and still didn't have luck. Maybe the Asus forums could help, but I think a Linux driver for this dongle is not available. Below is the info for the chip:

on Ubuntu i try to install ndiswrapper by command
sudo apt-get install ndisgtk
and i find driver windows .inf for Realtek RTL8187 at first time
i think it's PCI type but i wrong. i find on web
http://rtl8180-sa2400.sourceforge.net/ it's tell spec is USB.
and i find driver from web
http://www.nodevice.com/driver/company/RealTek.html
then i add driver from windows wireless driver it's can use
in ad-hoc mode but it not have access point mode for choose .
i think it's ok . even through it's not good same use program on
windows i hope next time Linux can use all program from windows
thank you .;)